Of course, Ringo was on drums, but the other instruments heard on the rhythm track are harpsichord, bass guitar and maracas. I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where it will go I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door And kept my mind from wandering Where it will go And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right Where I belong I'm right Where I belong See the people standing there who disagree and never win And wonder why they don't get in my door I'm painting a room in a colorful way … The hours The Beatles were in Regent Sound on this day is not known but, if recent habits dictate, the session probably began around 7 pm and lasted until early morning the next day. Paul relates: “The funny thing about that was the night when we were going to record it, at Regent Sound Studios at Tottenham Court Road, I brought a guy who was Jesus. Finally, under the “Sgt. I’m fixing the hole, I’m fixing the crack in the door, I won’t allow that to happen anymore, I’ll take hold of my life a bit more. Even before we got into the studio Paul had decided to use a harpsichord as the mainstay of his rhythm; even so, the bass line is more important than the harpsichord line.”, Once everyone’s parts were learned, the group taped two official ‘takes’ of the rhythm track of the song. I used to do it more, but I don't as much now because I invited one in once and the next day she was in The Daily Mirror with her mother saying we were going to get married. The rumor mill at the time of the release of “Sgt. I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where it will go. The song alternates between the key of F minor (in the verses) and F major (in the bridges) in basically 4/4 time. I actually do enjoy having them in. In the fade out, Paul is heard singing a high pitched but faintly audible “hey” twice, the second during the lead vocal overdub. In the diary of roadie and friend Mal Evans, this entry is found for the day January 27th, 1967: “Started writing song with Paul upstairs in his room, he on piano…Did a lot more of ‘when the rain comes in.’” This insinuation that he co-wrote “Fixing A Hole” with Paul appears to be valid as substantiated by a taped interview Mal made shortly before his death in 1976. To confuse things even more, they labeled this reduction mix ‘take three,’ not to be confused with the incomplete ‘take three’ recorded at Regent Sound. Ringo plays more vibrantly on his full drum kit for the bridge as John’s bass bounces along effortlessly but simply in an alternating two-note pattern performed while singing lead vocals simultaneously during the recording of the rhythm track. I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where it will go I'm filling the cracks that ran though the door And kept my mind from wandering Where it will go. Another thing that you can see is that many old people at the time were really conservant people, who wouldn't agree the youth's use drugs, music and other things. We wrote ‘, ubdued than on the mono mix but the lead guitar passages are more prominent. Wanting to be free enough to let my mind wander, let myself be artistic, let myself not sneer at avant-garde things. When asked in 1967 in an interview with artist Alan Aldridge about the drug associations circulating about “Fixing A Hole,” Paul dismissed it by saying: “If you’re a junky sitting in a room and fixing a hole then that’s what it will mean to you, but when I wrote it I meant if there’s a crack, or the room in uncolorful, then I’ll paint it.” Another quote from Paul has him stating that the song was “about the hole in the road where the rain gets in; a good old analogy.”, He continued to avoid any drug connections by focusing on specific lines in the song, as we see here in yet another 1967 quote: “It’s about the hole in your make-up which lets the rain in and stops your mind going where it will. Two interesting US vinyl reissues of the “Sgt. Therefore, the bass John could have used on this session was the right-handed Burns Nu-Sonic which was used by the band in 1966.) ... submit lyrics, and more. Fixing a hole IMO is about a person who has been broken (relationship wise) and wants to keep up a barrier from being hurt again and is trying to find them self. I was living now pretty much on my own in Cavendish Avenue, and enjoying my freedom and my new house and the salon-ness of it all.”. The composition is structured as follows: intro, verse, verse, bridge, verse, verse (guitar solo), bridge, verse, and outro (fadeout). I said, ‘Well, you’d better come in then.’ I thought, Well, it probably isn’t. })(); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It's about being high on Mari and realising that he/ she can or is being penetrated with old miserable fearful things in thoughts including demonic. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. What could it all mean? And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong. But, as evident on their landmark 1966 album “Revolver,” Paul McCartney showed himself to be the last holdout for writing songs about the standard topic of love. The rhythm track is predominantly in the left channel while both lead vocal parts from Paul are centered in the mix. Paul's vocals are double-tracked throughout the bridge, singing a high pitched single note reminiscent of what John was prone to write (see “Help!” and “Girl” for two of many examples). Its laid-back and dreamy feel follows the sunny “Getting Better” very nicely, creating a contrast that encourages listener interpretation. Fixing A Hole Paul McCartney Top Paul McCartney Lyrics Band On The Run Don't Let It Bring You Down Same Time Next Year Nineteen Hundred & Eighty Five Can't Buy Me Love Treat Her Gently - Lonely Old People The Long & Winding Road Junk Long Tailed Winter Bird Helen Wheels Last we ever saw of Jesus!”, With Jesus Christ in the corner, The Beatles began their studio time on this day with extensive rehearsals led by Paul, at least six unofficial takes being recorded before they had the arrangement ironed out. on Amazon Music Unlimited (ad) I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in. Aside from needing to mend a hole in the roof “where the rain gets in,” his drab brown walls needed to be painted “in a colorful way.” Alistair Taylor, Brian Epstein’s assistant, had even given vivid details about him, Paul and girlfriend Jane Asher spending hours in the house decorating the inside walls with “colored pens” to “relieve the gloom,” insinuating that this inspired some of this songs' lyrics. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” which featured “Fixing A Hole” as the fifth song on side one. Song facts. Song meanings ©2003-2021 lyricinterpretations.com. The second edition from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab was released in June of 1983 similar to the rest of the Beatles catalog released within their series. Stops my mind from wandering where it will go could tell of how drugs stop you from thinking clearly. I knew myself what had happened.”, On February 9th, 1967, about two weeks after the song was finished being written (according to Mal Evans’ January 27th diary entry), the group entered the studio to work on the song. However, George Martin, in his book "Summer Of Love," insists that Paul relinquished the keyboard role on the song to him while Paul took up his usual instrument of bass guitar. Also created during this time were two bonus tracks, 'take one' and the never-before-heard 'take three,' for inclusion on different editions of this new release. div_id: "cf_async_" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999)) If anything this would put lsd in a positive light and there are bits of this song that strongly suggest lsd was part of the reason he decided to fix his life. The aforementioned bass flub occurs in the fifth measure where John begins his syncopated three-note run too early, him catching himself and correcting it in the sixth measure. ", death in 1976. Still with me? “Fixing A Hole” has none of those things. The Beatles may never have performed the song in concert, but Paul did periodically include the song in his 1993 “New World Tour” set list, the tour stretching from February 18th (Milan) to December 16th (Chile). The first verse is then repeated twice as the song fades away, Paul altering the melody line substantially from what he sang earlier, double-tracked all the way. Intro:) F C+ Fm7 Bb9 F C+ Fm7 Fm6 I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in and Fm7 Fm6 Fm7 Fm6 Fm7 Fm6 stops my mind from wandering where it will go. The guitar solo verse is next with all instruments playing as if it was a regular vocal verse. document.write('');var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== 'undefined')c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement("script"),s=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];r.async=!0;r.src="//srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js";r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if("loaded"==r.readyState||"complete"==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; A new vibrant stereo mix of "Fixing A Hole" is included in all editions of this re-release. Hello’ because I always used to answer it to everyone. We used to get a lot of people who were maybe insecure or going through emotional breakdowns or whatever.”, “So I said, ‘I’ve got to go to a session but if you promise to be very quiet and just sit in a corner, you can come.’ So he did, he came to the session and he did sit very quietly and I never saw him after that. Whether this was due to their dissatisfaction of sticking to the approved pop formula of the day, their recent spiritual awakenings, or simply the mind-expanding hallucinogens they were ingesting (or all of the above), they nonetheless developed a "no holds barred" attitude to expressing themselves in their lyrics. And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right where I belong I'm right where I belong See the people standing there Who disagree and never win The second half of the verse has many unique characteristics that differentiate it from the first half. Over … Pepper” were only available for a short time and are quite collectible today. The taps on Ringo’s hi-hat in the final measure says differently, however, as the swing beat (as heard in the previous “Getting Better”) emerges and stays for the remainder of the song. The “Sgt. This resulted in John’s bass performance being combined with the rest of the instruments, leaving a performance flub in the third verse which therefore became part of the finished product. No biggie! The third verse is identical in arrangement to the second but with more minor subtle changes. “It’s pretty much my song, as I recall,” Paul himself stated. The song is about making up their own mind and not allowing anyone to tell them it's wrong. Many writers have come to believe that the “fixing” that was being referred to in the song had to do with Paul’s farmhouse, named High Park, near Campbeltown on the west coast of Scotland, which he purchased sight unseen in June of 1966. The drums are a little more subdued than on the mono mix but the lead guitar passages are more prominent. But if he is, I’m not going to be the one to turn him away. The bridge is now repeated, the most noticeable change being the addition of John and George (and Paul?) For those wanting to hear it with the warm vinyl sound they remember in 1967, the CD was remastered and re-released on September 9th, 2009. 'Take three,' which is contained on this reissue as a bonus track, shows that the obvious musician playing the harpsichord on the song is Paul as Neil Aspinall remembered, him singing lead vocals at the same time. song: "Fixing a Hole", Sometime in 2016 or 2017, George Martin's son Giles Martin, along with engineer Sam Okell, returned to the master tapes of "Fixing A Hole" to create a new stero mix of the song for release on the various editions for the 50th Anniversay of the "Sgt. Mystery solved! Possibly because of the cramped and unfamiliar setting of Regent Sound Studios, they reverted back to basics for “Fixing A Hole.”, Even though Geoff Emerick couldn’t be there, he was impressed by the performance nonetheless. Common practice for the past year had them overdubbing the lead vocals and bass guitar, as well as many other things, afterward in order to "fine tune" these performances. If you play the album you can pick it out because it’s very simple, and a ploppy sort of sound. John's bass work, while not perfect, works nicely in its surroundings, one of the simplest bass patterns on the whole "Sgt. Ringo wasn’t called on to innovate too much here, but he delivered his assignments nicely, readying himself for another game of chess! The song is in the perspective of an old man. The maracas are in full bloom in the bridge, no doubt inspired by George’s impressive syncopated guitar solo. Paul still double-tracks his vocals for the line “where it will go,” but with a slight crack in his voice on the sustained falsetto high note. While he did admit that “Got To Get You Into My Life” was indeed about marijuana, he still disguised the subject matter under the premise of a romantic relationship. Ringo begins playing his full drum kit for the first time here, the first four measures alternating his snare beats with two taps on the tom (somewhat like a slow rumba beat) and then plays a more conventional beat for the next three measures. They said, ‘Who’s this?’ I said, ‘He’s Jesus Christ.’ We had a bit of a giggle over that…But that was it. In any event, as related in Mark Lewisohn’s book “The Beatles Recording Sessions, ” 'take two' was documented as ''final master." “That’s Paul…again writing a good lyric,” John himself stated in 1980. And, while engineer Richard Lush wasn’t present on this day, he is quoted in Andy Babiuk’s book “Beatles Gear” as saying: "I do remember that Lennon played the bass on that track. George Harrison puts in a gallant effort as lead guitarist and harmony vocalist, showing himself up for the task even if his mind was back in India at the time. "When the album came out, I remember it very clearly, we were driving somewhere late at night…Paul turned round to me and said, ‘Look Mal, do you mind if we don’t put your name on the songs? As mentioned above, 'take one' and 'take two' were actually the same exact performance and 'take three' was apparently another attempt just for good measure and was complete but was deemed not as good as the previous attempt. The harpsichord is heard throughout the entire bridge while George Harrison’s lead guitar shows up at the end of the fourth measure which plays a vibrant double-tracked counter-melody to add movement to the song while Paul’s single note melody line is being sung. ", An admission, of sorts, did finally surface in Paul’s "tell all" book “Many Years From Now.” Co-author Barry Miles has this to say about the song: “Another inaccurate but frequently told story is that ‘Fixing A Hole’ was about heroin. Instead, a reduction mix was made of ‘take two’ (the one originally labeled ‘final master’) in order to free up some empty tracks for overdubbing. Fixing A Hole Letra en Español: Estoy arreglando un agujero por donde entra la lluvia, E impide que mi mente viaje, Adonde vaya. Both of these were prepared utilizing half-speed mastering technology from the original master tape on loan from EMI. People just make it up! Therefore, the group recorded another ‘take’ of the song (incorrectly labeling it ‘take one’) with the intention of mixing it together with the previously recorded ‘take three.’. Therefore we can conclude that Richard Lush was correct when he assumed John was on bass, this being reiterated by Kevin Howlett's liner notes for the "Sgt. There he staed: “I stayed with (Paul) for four months and he had a music room at the top of his house with his multi-colored piano and we were up there a lot of the time. Fixing a hole and filling those cracks refers to a hyperdermic hole that the user is trying to heal and close up. Pepper" album settles the issue once and for all. This is also quite different from their usual songwriting habit, the bridges usually altering the key temporarily and then finding a way to transition back into the song’s key when the next verse begins (see “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Ticket To Ride” for two of many examples). “Paul knew exactly where he was going with 'Fixing A Hole,'" wrote George Martin in the book “Summer Of Love.” He continues: “As a result, it was one of the fastest tracks we recorded, in an album of 13 songs that took some five months to complete…It's a very simply constructed song, built around a harpsichord and a bass guitar. With the maracas prominent in the mix through the fade-out, George continues playing his descending guitar phrase throughout all of the measures of the second repeat of the concluding verse, syncopating the phrase in the third and fourth measures in the rhythm track while playing it straight during the double-tracking, creating an interesting back-and-forth effect. Sign Up Below for our MONTHLY BEATLES TRIVIA QUIZ! On May 26th, 2017, a newly remixed stereo version of the "Sgt. And kept my mind from wandering. The fifth verse then appears with yet different lyrics from all the others, the arrangement differing from the rest by the addition of “ooh” harmonies throughout. “I’m afraid the boys didn’t plan very much,” recalled producer George Martin, “and when they wanted to come into a studio they never said to me, ‘keep the next two weeks free, because we’re sure we’re going to be needing a studio.’ They would ring me up at 10 in the morning and say, ‘We want to record tonight at 7 o’clock, OK?’ And I had to find a damned studio.”. Writing. This stereo mix fades a little sooner so as not to hear the “hey” exclamations as heard on the mono mix. Being “another ode to pot,” as Paul calls the song, I guess that marijuana smoking allowed him the ability to let his mind wander at will, something that straight society would want to discourage him from. These versions of “Sgt. The second verse comes next which repeats the arrangement above but with minor adjustments. And stops my mind from wandering. Pepper’ and also another song on the album, ‘Fixing A Hole.’" /* TFP - lyricinterpretations */ Whether this was due to their dissatisfaction of sticking to the approved pop formula of the day, their recent spiritual awakenings, or simply the mind-expanding hallucinogens they were ingesting (or all of the above), they nonetheless developed a "no holds barred" attitude to expressing themselves in their lyrics. The first of two recording sessions for the song was at Regent Sound Studio in London on February 9, 1967 in three takes. “We listened to the tapes a few days later, and while they were a bit disappointing sonically, I was impressed with the vibe: all four Beatles played together on the backing track, just like in the old days.”. Apparent here is a quite usual structure of ‘verse/ verse/ bridge/ verse/ verse (solo)/ bridge/ verse’ (or aabaaba) with a quick intro and a repeating verse acting as a faded conclusion. The album continued to be reissued in the US on vinyl throughout the years. From the Album: The Beatles - Sgt. “I like the double meaning of ‘If I’m wrong I’m right where I belong,’” stated McCartney in his book “Many Years From Now.” The clever juxtaposition of opposite words, such as “wrong” and “right” (used even more prominently by George in “Old Brown Shoe” two years later) is accentuated in “Fixing A Hole” by the double meaning of the word “right.” We all like it too, Paul. George Martin, on the other hand, could attend, because he was working as an independent contractor.” This procedure changed in later years, allowing recording staff to complete a project no matter what studio was used on a given day. All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. It didn’t sound as rich as Paul’s Rickenbacker bass." The interesting mono mix of “Fixing A Hole” is finally available again, thanks to the remastered box set “The Beatles In Mono.” This deluxe set also hit the market on September 9th, 2009. What it does have, however, is a straightforward pop/rock arrangement using conventional instrumentation, the only eccentric touch being the inclusion of a harpsichord. If I want I’ll paint the room in a colorful way. Paul adds one more double-tracked “, however: Paul enjoys allowing his mind to “, June 2nd, 1967 was the US release date of the album “, The Beatles may never have performed the song in concert, but Paul did periodically include the song in his 1993 “. And then, about people who "daydream" a lot or think in things not important (wandering where the drops will go), and argue a lot. Ringo even forgot to stop for the planned "Beatle break" in the eighth measure, remnants of hi-hat and snare inadvertently making it onto the released product. Does it mean what we think it means? Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was the idea of me being on my own now, able to do what I want. I’m fixing the hole, I’m fixing the crack in the door, I won’t allow that to happen anymore, I’ll take hold of my life a bit more. You see that he is always looking for an activity to occupy his time rather than his closed mind. It’s super easy, we promise! “I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in.And stops my mind from wandering Where it will go.” Maybe a reference to the act of thinking about the problems of the world that surrounds us (not only emotional individual problems that music lyrics usually talk about) “And it really doesn’t matter if I’m wrong I’m right The mono mix was tackled on this day as well with The Beatles present. The Beatles Complete - Volume 1 Apparently, this idea didn’t work out as planned and they dropped it, probably due to do sonic difference between combining recordings done at two different studios. I wonder if he played a game with Jesus in-between takes? Pedro from Portugal After reading the lyrics with attention, I think they are about fixing a hole. Pepper” formula, he threw off these shackles (at least temporarily) for his eccentric “Fixing A Hole.” Like Lennon’s “Tomorrow Never Knows” and Harrison’s “Love You To” from the previous year, listeners were now also scratching their heads about this McCartney track. It’s all okay, I can do what I want and I’m going to set about fixing things. The lyrical optimism of “Getting Better” takes a slight step backward in “Fixing A Hole” where Paul shows himself in the process of changing things in his life for the better. I know a lot of heroin people thought that was what it meant because that’s exactly what you do, fix in a hole. Written by:  John Lennon / Paul McCartney, "Getting Better" PREVIOUS      -      NEXT "She's Leaving Home", Paul McCartney's "New World Tour" tour book, John Lennon, Brian Epstein and Paul McCartney, circa 1967. s we examine the later Beatles catalog, we can’t help but notice the stark differences in lyric writing as compared to their earlier work. But my English is not perfect, i know Pedro from Portugal Paul MacCartney was a genius. As tantalizing as “Here, There And Everywhere” and “Good Day Sunshine” are, he didn’t stray too far from the "romance" formula. John Lennon appears as the first to totally discard the “I Want To Hold Your Hand” mentality, constructing his storylines on whatever suited his fancy – anything but romantic relationships. June 2nd, 1967 was the US release date of the album “Sgt. The consequence is being able to listen to the inner voice (all that represents good) that naturally heals. We wrote ‘Sgt. 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